Chapter 1
Laura
I love every season the year offers. Autom for the slightly change in the weather becoming fresher and the color of the leaves on the trees from green to a nice orange. Winter for its cold rainy days that make you want to be in bed all day cuddling your blanket oh and don’t forget it is the best season to enjoy hot coco. Spring it is when the cold days start to drift away welcoming the warmer days in and the plants start to bloom again. Summer when the sun shines brighter and warmer than the rest of the year it is when all the plants have their beautiful flowers. The grass in the gardens and parks are lush green from all the water they got from the rainy winter offered. Everting looks more alive and beautiful in this town that is surrounded by nature.
It is sad that I cannot enjoy those small things our world has to offer us every day, all those beautiful colors of the sky and flowers others take for granted. I love the bright sun and the sunset. I used to be mesmerized every time I looked at the sun in the mornings when I used to get ready for school and the beautiful oranges of the sunset when I was getting ready to go to bed.
I lost all that luxury the day I lost my eyesight. I lost my vision at the age of sixteen in a car accident, all for being a foolish teen believing that my boyfriend loved me and that I was safe with him how naïve I was back then.
One tragic night Mathew invited me to one of his friend’s parties and I agreed to go because I wanted to please him. How I wish I could turn back in time and decline his invitation but that is not possible. He picked me up from my house at eight in the night and drove us to the party, when we arrived at his friend house the party was in full swing already. As we walked in, I sent a text to my parents letting them know I went out with Mathew.
My parents were both nurses at that time and both had night shifts this week. I couldn’t tell them I was going out when I got home from school because they were resting, and I didn’t want to disturb them they had a long night at work.
Mathew put his arm around my waist and guided me towards his friends, he introduced them to me and let them know I was his girlfriend. I didn’t know any of these guys they didn’t go to our school, but they were nice. We talked, danced, and played some drinking games with his friends well Mathew did the drinking because I don’t drink alcohol. Everting was fun and games, the sour part came when it was time to leave. Mathew had more drinks than he could handle.
He was tipsy and kind of wobbly when he walked. I told him I could drive the car that I didn’t drink alcohol, but he refused to let me drive his precious car and told me he could drive fine. I didn’t want to seem like a bitch or cause a scene therefore I walked to the passenger side and got in. Once he turned on the engine, he left the place on full speed I grabbed my seat with fear he was driving recklessly.
It was frightening to see him drive fast but on the good side there were no cars around us it was late at night this way he wouldn’t be able to cause an accident to someone else. As we drove back to my house that was on the outskirts of the town the road became narrower allowing only two driving lines not giving us much room to switch lines if something came at us with full force.
When we were almost at my house a cow appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the road. I panicked and turned to see if Mathew saw the cow but to my surprise his eyelids were dripping down with sleepiness, I moved to grab the steering wheel pushing his hands away to steer the car away the road to prevent to hit the cow. What I didn’t notice was the big light post that was on the side of the road the one I crashed into with full force.
